Combination scrubber



April 13, 1937. Q H ER 2,076,946

COMBINAT ION S CRUBBER Filed May 4, 1956 g7 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 13, 1937 UNITED STT ATENT OFFICE t Charlotte Huber, New orl;, N."Y Application May 4, 1936, seriainblwasi One object of thisinvention is to provide'a cleaningdevice: comprising a combinationscrubber'adapted for use in washing windows, dishes, and for. all otherpurposes for which such a de- "5 ,vioeecancbe used.

TheyaboVe andother objects will become apparentin the description below,in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in theaccompanying drawing.

10 Referring briefly to the drawing; Figure l is a plan View of thedevice.

Figure 2 is a front view of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the device with the clot-h removed.

15 Figure 4 is a front view of the device with cloth shown in elevatedposition to permit the device to be used as a brush.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

20 Figure 6 is a view showing the device with its two sections detached,illustrating the manner in which the cloth is wrung out.

Figure '7 is a View showing a small-sized brush adapted to have thisinvention applied thereto.

25 Figure 8 is a view of the cloth per se prior to its application tothe device.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral l comprises acylindrical post split into two complementary sections H and I2. A ring30 I3 of any desirable material is slidably mounted on the post l0 andserves to keep the two sections II and I2 locked together. This ring I3is provided with an eyelet [4 through which a string I is looped, and ahook it on the top of the sections I2 suspends the cord 15 therefrom.

1 At the base of the post Hi, the'sections II and I2 are provided withrigid complementary semicylindrical sections l1 and I8. Each section I!and I8 is provided with brush bristles H9. The

upper surface of the section I1 is provided with three eyelets 20 spacedapart along the periphery thereof. The section i8 is similarly providedwith a single eyelet 2| similar to the eyelets 2U.

Eyelets 22, larger in size than the eyelets 2G and 2| or oval in form,are provided at opposite ends of the section I8. A semi-circular member23 of resilient wire-like material, is adapted to be supported in theeyelets 20, as shown in Figure 3.

50 Similarly, a member 24 is adapted to be supported between the outeredges of the eyelets 22 and to pass through the eyelet 2!. A secondsemi-circular member 25 is adapted to be supported between the inneredges of the eyelets 55 22 and is provided at one end with a nose 26.

: Thevcloth 2'! which is adapted to be mounted on the device, comprisesa rectangular sheet having a notch 23 cut in one end. Its other. end isslitted longitudinally to form two side flaps 2 9. and 30. Both ends ofthe cloth 21 are hemmed 5 to provide channels 3|, 32, 33,v and 34 alongthe edges. i

The cloth is app-lied to the device by first threading the member? 23.through the channel 33 of the cloth, passing the member 23 through thecenter eyelet 23, threading the member 23 through the channel 34 of thecloth, and then inserting the ends of member 23 in the end eyelets 20.Then the cloth is drawn around the bottom of the brush I9, and the twoflaps 29 and 30 are then drawn up around the opposite edge of the uppersurface of the section IS. The flap 23 is brought around the top of oneend of the member 24, and the flap 30 is brought around under the otherend of the same memher. The member is then threaded through the channels3| and 32 of the cloth and the ends of member 25 are then inserted inthe eyelets 22 to lock the cloth on the device, as is obvious. Thepurposes of having the two wire-like mem- 5 bers 24 and 25 on the oneside of the brush body, is that the cloth 2? will stretch throughcontinued use, so that it would hang too loosely about the brush if butthe one member 24 were provided. As the cloth thus becomes longer afterrepeated use, the excess length or slack may be tucked in and clampedbetween the members 24 and 25, as well as between the member 25 and thetop surface of the brush body. A loop or band 33 of any desirablematerial is wound 35 around the cloth 2'! intermediate its length.

In Figure '7 is illustrated a small-sized brush 36 split into twosections 31 and 38 and adapted to have the structure embodied in thisinvention provided thereon.

The device may be used to clean windows or other articles with thevarious parts arranged as shown in Figure 2. In order to use the deviceas a brush, the cloth 2'4, which, as shown in Figure 2, hangs looselyfrom the device, is grasped intermediate its length and turned up oneside of the device. The loop 35 is then suspended from the hook I3 sothat the cloth 2! is held clear above the brush. In Figure 2 the loop 35is not shown because it is buried in the folds of the cloth 2?. To wringout the cloth, the ring I3 is slipped off the top'of the post Ill andthe two sections are separated, as shown in Figure 6.

The advantages and uses of the device described are apparent. Obviously,modifications in form and structure, as well as modifications in thematerials used for the various elements 5 set forth, may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In an attachment for a brush split into complementary half sectionseach having a handle post portion and a brush body portion, a removablering on said post portions adapted to lock said sections together, ahook on one of said post portions, eyelets arranged around the upperperiphery of said body portions, a wirelike arcuate member removablymounted in said eyelets on each of said body portions, a third arcuatewire-like member removably mounted adjacent one of said first-namedwire-like members, a cloth having a band intermediate its length andadapted to be passed around the bottom of said brush body or to besuspended above said brush body by engaging said band with said hook,said cloth having its end hemmed to form channels in its edges and beingsecured to said body by passing one of said first-named wirelike membersthrough said channels on one end of the cloth, by then passing the otherend of said cloth around the other of said first-named wire-likemembers, and finally passing said third wire-like member through saidchannels at said other end of the cloth, and clamping the excess lengthof said cloth between said last-mentioned two wire-like members.

2. In an attachment for a brush split into complementary half sectionseach having a handle post portion and a brush body portion, a removablering on said post portions adapt e c 1 to lock said sections together, ahook on one of said post portions, eyelets arranged around the upperperiphery of said body portions, a wirelike arcuate member removablymounted in said eyelets on each of said body portions, a third arcuatewire-like member removably mounted adjacent one of said fir'stmamedwire-like members, a cloth adapted to be passed around the bottom ofsaid brush body, said cloth having its ends hemmed to form channels inits edges, said cloth being secured to said body by passing one of saidfirst-named wire-like named members through said channels on one end ofthe cloth, by then passing the other end of said cloth around the otherof said first-named wire-like member, and finally passing said thirdwire-like member through said channels at said other end of the cloth,and clamping the excess length of said cloth between said last-mentionedtwo wirelike members.

CHARLOTTE HUBER.

